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AGILITY |
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| Foundation Skills/Agility
or Saturday, September 30 6 weeks - $95.00
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Introduction to Agility will be taught by Donna Thompson. The focus of these classes
will be on obedience and control skills in order to provide a strong
foundation for not only agility but also other canine sports such as Rally. The course is designed to develop a strong
dog-handler relationship that is crucial in all successful canine sports
programs. The dogs will be introduced to some beginner obstacles,
learning how to negotiate each obstacle in order to build confidence prior
to tackling an actual agility course. The class fee includes access to
the practice course on Monday evenings from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm or on
Thursdays from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm for the duration of the 6-week
class. Completion of a Basic Obedience class is highly recommended
prior to enrollment in the Foundation Skills class. At a minimum, the
dog should understand the commands "heel", "sit", "down", and "stay". Dogs must be at least 6 months of age and in good health in order to participate in agility classes. Dogs with certain conditions such as luxating patella, cardiac disease, hip dysplasia, etc., will not be accepted into the class. Proof of current vaccinations (including Bordetella) must be provided prior to the first class.
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| Basic Agility
Tuesday, September 26 6 weeks - $95.00
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Basic will build on the skills
learned in the Foundation Skills/Agility class. Completion of the Foundation
Skills Class is a pre-requisite for Basic Agility. The primary focus of this class will be on
negotiating various obstacles as well as obstacle
discrimination, form, and timing. In addition, an overview of
regulations/guidelines for handlers will be introduced. The class fee
includes access to the practice course on Monday evenings from 6:00 to 7:00
or on Thursday evenings from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm for the duration of the 6 weeks.
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| Intermediate Agility
Saturday, September 30 6 weeks - $95 |
The advanced phases of our Agility classes will
continue to build on basic skills, but will focus primarily on object
identification and off leash voice and signal control.
Completion of Basic Agility is required for enrollment in this class.
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STANDARD OBEDIENCE |
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| Basic Dog Obedience Training
Thursday, October 19, 2006 6 weeks $90.00 |
For those dogs who need to learn some
"manners", who need a refresher course, or just need to learn
how to socialize a bit more.
The trainer for the Basic Obedience classes is Greg Franklin. Greg, who owns ABC Dog Training, has been involved in training dogs since 1990 when he took on the challenge of working with an extremely destructive Samoyed, aptly named "Cujo". Remarkably, Cujo went on to win "Best in Breed" at a local A.K.C. show. Greg's focus turned to law enforcement training when he acquired his first German Shepherd Dog. He became a State Certified Law Enforcement Instructor and worked with such agencies as the Riverdale Police Department, the City of Decatur, and Clayton County Narcotics. But the love of pet dogs drew him back to the private sector in 2001. Greg not only conducts the adult obedience classes, he also teaches the agility classes and offers private instructions either here at DDC or at your home. For more information on Greg, check his website at www.abcdogtraining.net.
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| Intermediate Adult Obedience
Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:15 pm - 9:15 pm 6 weeks $90.00 |
Adult Obedience II (Intermediate) is geared toward those dogs who have some mastery of basic obedience commands such as “sit”, “down”, “stay”, etc., but are inconsistent in following those commands, particularly when off leash. Taught by Greg Franklin, this class will utilize common, everyday distractions (e.g. knocking on doors, other dogs walking by, leaving the room, etc.) while working on reinforcing obedience commands. Emergency commands will also be introduced in order to better simulate real life situations. The Canine Good Citizen test will be administered on the final night of class. |
| Canine Good Citizen Preparation and Testing Quarterly (The next session will be conducted in September 2006. Private certification testing is available upon request. Call DDC for details.) $35 (includes instruction booklet and test fee)
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This class/test period will be conducted by
Greg Franklin. who is a certified Canine Good Citizen (CGC) instructor.
The first class will be spent going over the requirements for the CGC
Certification and practicing in any areas that you feel your dog needs
work. The second class will be actually taking the test for the CGC.
Please contact us for additional information.
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NOVELTY OBEDIENCE
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| Rally Saturday,
September 30, 2006 6 weeks $90.00
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This unique form of obedience training will be
taught by Donna Thompson, who also teaches Agility and Puppy Preschool. In Rally, directional signs are position on a course to guide the handler and dog throughout the performance of a series of obedience commands.
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COMPETITIVE OBEDIENCE
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| Competitive Obedience Novice TBA 6 weeks $90
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The Competitive Obedience Series is taught by Nancy Lewis.
Nancy began her formal obedience training in 1995 under the tutelage of
Nancy Patton, a nationally known obedience competitor, teacher and lecturer.
Nancy became an instructor herself after the death of Ms. Patton in 2000.
Since that time, her dogs have earned multiple "High in Trials" (HIT), and
High Combined (HC) awards for top scoring dog in obedience trials.
He dog, Cooper, is the first "OTCh" (Obedience Trial Champion) south of I-20
in the metropolitan Atlanta area. There are only approximately 100
OTCh titles earned in the US each year. The Novice level of
competitive obedience is for dogs just getting started in the sport.
Exercises include:
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| Competitive Obedience Open TBA $90
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The second level of Competitive Obedience
includes more complicated exercises that teach the dog to do a variety of
tasks and to follow commands either by voice or signal. Exercises
include: - Heel Free and Figure Eight - same as Novice, but off leash - Drop on Recall - Retrieve on Flat - Retrieve Over High Jump - Broad Jump - Long Sit (3 minutes) - Long Down (5 minutes)
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| Competitive Obedience Utility TBA 6 weeks $90
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The third and highest level of Competitive
Obedience. Exercises include: - Signal Exercise - shows dog's ability to understand and correctly respond to the handler's signals - Scent Discrimination - shows the dog's ability to find the handler's scent among a pile of articles - Directed Retrieve - shows the dog's ability to follow a signal to retrieve an article and promptly return it - Moving and Standing Examination - dog must heel, stand and stay as handler moves away and then accept examination of judge - Directed Jumping - dog must "go away" from handler, turn and sit, and then follow signals for jumping a specified obstacle
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For more information call us at 678-817-1600 or email us at caninecollege@mindspring.com